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Buildwas Bridge

Maker

(artist)
1725-1809

Title

Buildwas Bridge

Date of Production

(?) 1790

Medium

graphite and watercolour on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.6 cm
Width: 27 cm

Accession Number

D.2007.DS.36

Mode of Acquisition

Dorothy Scharf, bequest, 2007 (March)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords









Provenance

Miss Dorothy Scharf, London (1942-2004); Scharf Bequest 2007

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower left edge, the first letter in graphite, the rest in black ink: "J. P. Sandby". Verso: upper edge, brown ink over graphite, described: "Buildwass Bridge repareng, with the Temporary one, & the Abby seen over it"; lower right corner, graphite, crossed out: "76". Mount (removed, recorded in Modes), Recto: lower centre margin, printed (?): "BUILDWAS, SHROPSHIRE . / 1725 PAUL SANDBY, R.A. 1809".

Collector's mark: none.

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